06-26-10

Alumni Derick Ostrenko just finished his MFA at RISD! Some of his MFA work is part of an exhibition entitled Beautiful and Barbaric at All Times. The exhibition is at Artjail, 50 Eldridge Street, 6th floor, New York, NY 10002 So if you are in New York, make sure you check it out! He will be showing his work entitled Indians, Astronauts, & Magic below is some documentation. Congrats Derick!

06-15-10

The New York Times had an article today on a new partnership between the Guggenheim Museum and YouTube. Budding video artists can submit works online for consideration in this new biennial exhibition. The initial group will be narrowed to 200 works for review by a jury. These works will be featured on a special YouTube channel while the jury narrows the field to 20 selections. These 20 artists will have their work exhibited in four Guggenheim museums around the globe.

This is potentially an amazing opportunity! Deadline is July 31st, so get moving! Visit one of the following links for more info:

06-10-10

After graduation, Chester applied to the graduate music program at the University of Florida. In 2008, he was awarded a Masters of Music in Composition and continues his studies in pursuit of a PhD. He is teaching Introduction to Music Technology at UF, and has created a lab with 8 undergraduates in the electrical engineering department to develop new wireless interfaces for musical instruments. His electroacoustic music has been featured at NYCEMF, SEAMUS, SCI Student National Conference, SCI Region IV Conference, Electroacoustic Juke Joint, and Art Basel.

Q: Did you ever see yourself doing what you are doing now when you took DIGA 101?
A: I suppose the desire to do what I am engaged with today has stemmed from the discoveries made in the introductory courses in DIGA. With each new concept I became exposed to while in DIGA 101, I began to realize that this was a medium I wanted to engage with for my professional and artistic undertakings.

Q: What’s the best thing you learned studying Digital Arts @ Stetson?
A: The digital artistic community is a diverse collective of musicians, visual artists, computer programmers, electrical engineers and everyone in between. The dynamic collaboration between these fields, facilitated by the Mobile Performance Group, were some of the most influential experiences for me as a developing musician.

Q: What advice do you have for someone thinking about a Digital Arts major?
A: If you have a genuine interest in any facet in this field, the Digital Arts and Music Technology majors are well worth the effort to pursue. I would also encourage taking advantage of the advanced course offerings in generative art/music.

06-01-10

Every summer at least one song, usually more, gets stuck in my head like a virus. I think this may be one of my summer time viruses! The song is great but so is the video, check out this inventive use of the iphone in a music video.

and here is the making of video, some very cool effects that you can do with low budget gear